This Sunday morning my message is titled "Beware The Chair". To run in such a way as to get the prize, we need to be careful not to get too attached to all the creature comforts around us. Things are faster, sleeker, and more comfortable than ever before. They can present quite the temptation -and quite the deception when it comes to helping us actually win the race.
When I was a boy I had a record. Yes it was vinyl. One of those big round black things you'd put on to listen to music. But this record told stories and one of those was the Tortoise and the Hare. If the Hare were running this race today he'd probably be wearing stretchy pants, snacking at fast food restaurants, and, of course, taking plenty of rest stops. He, like many people today, thought it was all about speed. He'd probably go to church and hear all the things that need to be done. But he wouldn't do them. Maybe later. He thought he could always make up for lost time later on. So he went on snoozing in his big, fat, comfortable chair. But he lost the race.
The tortoise, on the other hand, was the object of ridicule. The other animals made fun of him as he plodded along. How in the world does he think he could ever win this race? But maybe he knew something the hare didn't. Beware the chair. Run in such a way as to get the prize. Join us!
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